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When Danny Simpson, Trevoh Chalobah and Fraizer Campbell said they were going to get some famous faces involved in a Zoom chat to thank our NHS front line heroes they certainly didn't disappoint.

The Huddersfield Town trio set about the task of getting people involved in the special thank you message to health care workers, at the coal face of the coronavirus pandemic in the UK, and professional footballers and TV stars were keen to get involved.

Among those to join the call, filmed for HTTV, were Liverpool captain and England international Jordan Henderson, ex-Tottenham Hotspur midfielder turned BBC pundit Jermaine Jenas, former Aston Villa striker and now talkSPORT regular Darren Bent, ex-Manchester City and England man Shaun Wright-Phillips and stars from ITV show Love Island.

Campbell, a former teammate of Henderson's from his Sunderland days, arranged for the Liverpool skipper to get involved, who said he had no hesitation in saying yes.

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"I just want to thank them for what they have been doing and what they continue to do," said Henderson.

"They've been amazing. The kids are loving the clap for the heroes on a Thursday night and that's been really good. We just want to do as much as we can to help them and support them because the biggest thing that I have learned from the staff in the NHS is how much the support means to them."

Former So Solid Crew rapper MC Harvey, a friend of Town right back Simpson, said: "We need to value the NHS more than anything, more than any job title out there. More than musicians, more than footballers.

"They do the real hard work and put themselves on the front line, especially with my wife being and NHS nurse herself. I've experienced it first hand.